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methaemoglobinaemia [1 record]

Record 1 2015-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Toxicology
DEF

A condition of the blood which occurs in infancy due to methaemoglobin excess when nitrites, formed in the gut mainly by bacterial reduction of ingested nitrates, become attached to haemoglobin, and interfere with oxygen uptake and transport, thus causing cyanosis.

OBS

methaemoglobinaemia: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Toxicologie
DEF

État du sang qui se produit chez le nourrisson, dû à un excès de métahémoglobine quand les nitrites, formés principalement dans l'intestin par réduction des nitrates ingérés, se fixent à l'hémoglobine, et interfèrent avec la fixation et le transport de l'oxygène, provoquant ainsi une cyanose.

OBS

méthémoglobinémie : terme et definition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sangre
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
  • Toxicología
DEF

Condición de la sangre que se presenta en la infancia debido a exceso de metahemoglobina cuando los nitritos, formados en el intestino principalmente por reducción bacteriana de nitratos ingeridos, se unen a la hemoglobina, e impiden la fijación y el transporte de oxígeno, provocando así una cianosis.

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